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Tale of an Upper Endoscopy (tl;dr – Take the Drugs)

“Dr. Cole said that I wasn’t going to need any sedation, just a gargle of something.”  The nurse gave me the briefest of a confused glance but continued the steps of getting me ready for my upcoming procedure.  I was at the Santa Monica UCLA Medical Center and in a few short minutes, I was […]

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Summertime in the City (MM)

So here’s the scoop and to catch you up on what’s been going on during this dreadfully hot summer so far: I don’t have a Schlotzky ring.  After the endoscopy, the Doc told me that his initial guess was wrong.  Instead, and after verifying with the lab who analyzed the biopsy, it turns out I […]